News in :90 – May 1, 2019

A Minneapolis police officer was convicted Tuesday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman who approached his squad car minutes after calling 911 to report a possible rape behind her home.

Mohamed Noor was convicted of third-degree murder as well as second-degree manslaughter in the July 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond , a 40-year-old dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia.

He wasn’t convicted of the most serious charge of intentional second-degree murder.

The jury included 10 men and two women. Six of the jurors, including the two women, were people of color.

The presumptive sentences vary from four years for the second-degree manslaughter charge to 12½ years for third-degree murder. Check here for the AP story.

A man armed with a pistol opened fire on students in a classroom building at a North Carolina university during the last day of classes Tuesday, killing two people and wounding four, police said.

Officers who had gathered ahead of a campus concert raced over and disarmed the suspect.

The shooting prompted a lockdown at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte and caused widespread panic across campus as students scrambled to take shelter.

Campus police chief Jeff Baker said authorities received a call around 4:40 p.m. that a suspect armed with a pistol had shot several students.

He said two people were killed, and three remained in critical condition late Tuesday. He said a fourth person’s injuries were less serious. Students were among the victims, but officials would not say how many.

Brennan Campbell can be reached at camp3460@stthomas.edu.